Event Series

What is Social Transformation?   
This question forms the
foundation for the event
series by focussing the
discussion on the term
and its implications for
the Bauhaus-Universität
Weimar. 

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The Future of Democracy
Democracy did not simply
appear out of nowhere and
it is not a guaranteed success.
For the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar,
the experiences
of National Socialist, the GDR,
reunification, and the post-
reunification period all
shaped and influenced the
understanding of democracy,
as was demonstrated in the
last elections. How should
universities deal with this?
How should the Bauhaus-
Universität Weimar deal
 with this?

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The Future of Artificial
 Intelligence
The possibilities offered by
artificial intelligence (AI)
seem incredible, even
magical. Digitalised aspects
of life are developing at
lightning speed – AI seems
omnipresent and omnipotent.
This raises questions that
can only be answered from
an interdisciplinary
perspective and in
a way that refers back
to the fundamental
relationship between
technology and society.

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The Future of History
There is no future without
history. In early December
2024, Aleida Assmann drew
attention to the connection
between history and identity
– the »soul« in the 19th
 century – when the
Audimax was renamed
the Maurice-Halbwachs-Auditorium.
Addressing its
own history is a constant
challenge for the Bauhaus-
Universität Weimar,
including the widespread
misrepresentation of National
Socialist history, which is
a matter of concern in Thuringia.

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The Future of the Planet
No transformation process
will have more existential
consequences than human-
induced climate change.
The diversity of life on
our planet has rapidly
declined and the changes
in temperatures have
caused floods and droughts.
Does our planet have an anthropogenic
future? Does Thuringia?

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The Future of Culture
Culture is bound with
caring, building, and
preserving, as the basic
Latin etymology suggests.
The word has strong roots
in making and mysticism,
in topography, in time, and
in thinking about the future.
Culture is a foundational
constant of human existence.
What does culture mean today?
What role does it play in
social transformation
processes and our
understanding of the world?

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The Future of Europe
Through the Bauhaus4EU
Alliance, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
is establishing a network with nine European
partner universities over
the next four years in order to tackle regional, European, and global
challenges together.
Will this be the last time? Will the polarisation
of political forces in
Europe and, most
significantly, the drift to
the right lead to the end
of the European Union?
Or does Europe provide a
strong enough identity that community will prevail
over separation?

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